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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its second G1 Climax 31 show today in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full results were:

• SHO def. Kosei Fujita
• B block: EVIL def. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Jeff Cobb def. Chase Owens
• B block: SANADA def. Tama Tonga
• B block: Hirooki Goto def. Taichi
• B block: Kazuchika Okada def. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Following today’s show, the updated B block standings are:

1. EVIL (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Hirooki Goto (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Jeff Cobb (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (1-0 record): 2 points
-. SANADA (1-0 record): 2 points
6. Chase Owens (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Taichi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Tama Tonga (0-1 record): 0 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (0-1 record): 0 points

New Japan has announced Hikuleo will face Juice Robinson in a Texas Bullrope match at its STRONG television taping on September 26 in the Curtis Culwell Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH aired an empty arena show today on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as part of its N-1 Victory tournament.

The full results were:

• D block: Kazuyuki Fujita def. Akitoshi Saito
• C block: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Kotaro Suzuki
• B block: Kenoh def. Daiki Inaba
• A block: Keiji Mutoh def. Manabu Soya

Following today’s show, the updated N-1 Victory standings are:

A block
1. Keiji Mutoh (1-0-1 record): 3 points
2. Kaito Kiyomiya (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Takashi Sugiura (0-0-1 record): 1 point
4. Manabu Soya (0-2 record): 0 points

B block
1. Kendo Kashin (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Masaaki Mochizuki (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Kenoh (1-1 record): 2 points
4. Daiki Inaba (0-2 record): 0 points

C block
1. Kazushi Sakuraba (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Masato Tanaka (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Katsuhiko Nakajima (1-1 record): 2 points
4. Kotaro Suzuki (0-2 record): 0 points

D block
1. Kazuyuki Fujita (2-0 record): 4 points
2. Masakatsu Funaki (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Masa Kitamiya (0-1 record): 0 points
4. Akitoshi Saito (0-2 record): 0 points

NOAH will air an empty arena show tomorrow on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as part of its N-1 Victory tournament. The full card is:

• D block: Masa Kitamiya vs. Masakatsu Funaki
• C block: Kazunari Sakuraba vs. Masato Tanaka
• B block: Kendo Kashin vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Junya Matsunaga def. Satsuki Nagao
• Leo Isaka and Tsugutaka Sato def. Genta Hiriki and Takumi Baba
• Gajo, Naoshi Sano and Tomohiko Hashimoto def. Hartley Jackson, Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi
• Carbell Ito and Yoshitatsu def. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Aja Kong, Andy Wu, Ren Ayabe and Tatsuya Hanami def. Hide Kubota, Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota
• ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Fuminori Abe (c) def. Yumehito Imanari

Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari have vacated the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships due to Otani’s arm injury. The winners of the Furinkazan tag team tournament later this year will win the newly vacant titles.

Fuminori Abe made his first successful defense of the ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Inamari in the main event.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its seventh Storm Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Kawagoe Espoir Isanuma.

The full results were:

• Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida def. Ben-K and Ho Ho Lun
• Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon def. Kenichiro Arai and Yosuke Santa Maria
• BxB Hulk, KAI and SB KENTo def. Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO
• Genki Horiguchi and King Shimizu def. Gamma and Yasushi Kanda
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida

Noticeable by his absence was Keisuke Okuda, who was scheduled to team with Ben-K against Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida in the opening match but instead appeared at mixed martial art company RIZIN Fighting Federation’s RIZIN.30 event.

Okuda will fight shoot boxer Hiroaki Suzuki at RIZIN’s Landmark Vol. 1 event on October 2.

Dragon Gate will hold its Dangerous Gate 2021 show tomorrow in Ota City General Gymnasium. The full card is:

• Open The Triangle Gate Championships: Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella (c) vs. Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida
• Konomama Ichikawa, Shachihoko Boy and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Takashi Yoshida
• Gamma and Problem Dragon vs. Kenichiro Arai and Punch Tominaga
• Don Fujii and Yasushi Kanda vs. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• Funky Jacky Kamei, Genki Horiguchi and U-T vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda vs. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, KAI and SB KENTo
• Diamante vs. Shun Skywalker
• Open the Twin Gate Championships: King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka (c) vs. Strong Machine J and Strong Machine K
• Open the Dream Gate Championship: YAMATO (c) vs. Kota Minoura

Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella will attempt their third defense of the Open The Triangle Gate Championships against Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida.

King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka will attempt their second defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championships against Strong Machine J and Strong Machine K.

YAMATO will attempt his first defense of the Open the Dream Gate Championship against Kota Minoura in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Sapporo.

The full card is:

• Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kosuke Sato
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Takuho Kato and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Leatherface
• Banana Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Noriyuki Yoshida vs. Keiki Suzuki and Ryota Hama
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masashi Takeda and Masaya Takahashi
• Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani (c) vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kohei Sato
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yasufumi Nakanoue (c) vs. Takuya Nomura
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Yuko Miyamoto (c) vs. Ryuji Ito

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani will attempt their second defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against Kazuki Hashimoto and Kohei Sato.

Yasufumi Nakanoue will attempt his seventh defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Takuya Nomura.

Yuko Miyamoto will attempt his first defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Ryuji Ito in the main event.

GLEAT

GLEAT will hold a show tomorrow in Nagoya.

The full card is:

• KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Quiet Storm vs. Minoru Tanaka and Rekka
• AKARI vs. Michiko Miyagi
• Jun Tonsho vs. Yu Iizuka
• CIMA and Shigehiro Irie vs. Hayato Tamura and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kaz Hayashi and Takanori Ito vs. El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka and T-Hawk

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